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Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
We have to understand in a deep way that having what we truly want in life contributes to the general state of human happiness and supports others in creating more happiness for themselves.
Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind.
A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.
World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or [continue reading...]
If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything.
Be a Bringer of the Light. For your light can do more than illuminate your own path. Your light can be the light which truly lights the world.  
You are building a body of light. You are evolving into a new race of beings.
The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.
Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter.
We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet.